Middle English Dictionary Entry
resǒun n.(1)
Entry Info
| Forms | resǒun n.(1) Also reson. |
| Etymology | OF reson & L resonus. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
An echoing sound, a reverberation; also, a din, clangor.
Associated quotations
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)786 : Hors & man reioyceth at the soun, The firmament therto making resoun Or resonaunce..
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2160 : The feelde is youre, and trumpe & clarioun And scryis make of victory resoun.
- (a1460) Vegetius(2) (Pmb-C 243)2841 : The beemys, vp thei goth out of the trumpe And euery brayn astonyeth their reson.